Apparatus and methods for transferring fragile items at selectively variable flow rates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12012295
APP PUB NO 20230174323A1
SERIAL NO

17543188

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An apparatus for vertical transfer of whole nuts from a first elevation to a second, lower elevation includes a run extending between an entrance and an exit, and having a plurality of alternatingly arranged conveying panels between the entrance and the exit. Each conveying panel is inclined at approximately 30 degrees to horizontal and has a variable effective conveying width. The apparatus further includes arcuate turn-arounds disposed between respective conveying panels to facilitate transferring the nuts from one conveying panel to the next lower conveying panel. The variable effective conveying width is selected based on a predetermined mass flow rate of nuts such that whole nuts move along the run in a continuous stream without tumbling, and wherein each nut is in contact with adjacent nuts in its respective layer.

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TRIDELTA SYSTEMS172 INDUSTRIAL PARK CIRCLE ABBEVILLE AL 36310

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Phillips,, Jr Robert Samuel Abbeville, US 2 0
Povlacs, Lawrence Allen Dothan, US 2 0
Smith, Benjamin Decker Abbeville, US 4 1

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